Do you know why the average pf player is so bad?

[AmiableApkallu]

I sometimes watch some of my less-skilled friends play, and often when mechanics appear they can either be soaked or the rest of the group is competent enough that the death of one unskilled player doesn't cause a wipe. So the content gets passed, but the mechanic doesn't get learned.

And over time, there's this cumulative effect where more mechanics are added, and the player still doesn't know the old ones, so there are more opportunities to die. And if you die and it doesn't wipe the party, you stay unskilled, and you know you're unskilled, and that's a crappy place to be.

That's talking about unknowledgeable players. It takes only a little willpower and effort to type in Party chat, "Uh, how'd I die?" Or, "What was I supposed to do there?" Or, in this day and age, to find a YouTube video or wiki-site.

Knowledge can be sought out. No one has to wait for it to be presented to them on a silver platter.